Foot-rest.



Patented Oct. 22

A. W. JOHNSON.

F D 0 T R E S T.

(Application med may 9, 1901.)

(No Model.)

illNrTnn STATES PATENT @Trier-3.

ANDREW w.h JOHNSON, OF BUFFALO, MINNESOTA,

FOOT-assi'.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 684,937, dated October 22, 1901. Application tiled May 9, 1901. 'Serial No. 59.499. (Nomodel.)

To MZ whom, it may concern: V

Beit known that I, ANDREW W. JOHNSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Buffalo, in the county of Wright and State of` such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same. My invention has for its object to provide an improved foot-rest especially adapted for application to seats or settees such as are used in shoe-stores.

The invention consists of the novel devices and combinations of devices hereinafter described, and defined in the claims.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, wherein a portion of a seat or lsettee is shown in diagram'` and my improved foot-rest is shown partly in side elevation and partly in section.

The seat or settee 1, which is of ordinary construction, is provided at its forward edge with a depending rail 2, to which the attachment is directly secured.

My improved foot rest or attachment involves a pronged clamping-bracket a, a footpiece b, and a curved supporting-rod c, supporting the latter from the former in a manner presently to be noted. The bracket ais adapted to embrace the rail -2 of the seat 1 and to be rigidly but detachably secured thereto by means of a clamping-screw d working through one side of said bracket a and provided at its inner end with an ordinary clamping-head d', which prevents defacing of the said rail 2. The supporting-rod c is pret'- erably constructed of a piece of metal tube, and at its inner end it is provided with a cylindrical head c', which .is loosely swiveled in the depending portion of the bracket a.

The footpiece b is pivoted at b to the upper end of a short bolt b2, which is telescopically 4adjustable in the upper outer end of the supportingL tube c. A set screw e, working through tube c, impinges on the bolt b2 and holds the same in whatever vertical adjustment it may be set. The footpiece b is formed with a socket-like heel-receptacle b3, which is preferably lined with leather, cloth,

or some other suitable material, which will prevent marring or scratching with the heel of theshoe. tended, as shown at b5, over the face of the footpiece?. The pivot-jointl b should be set under such friction that the footpiece b will4 not move under the action of gravity alone, but may be easily moved by the foot which is placed thereon. When the foot is placed on the footpiece b, the downward-pressure of the supporting-tube c will so cramp the head c in the bracket a that the said foot'- piece will be held against sidewise movement. When, however, the weight is removed from the footpiece, the device may be turned into This material b4 may be ext an inoperative position under the seat, as indicated by dot-ted lines in the drawing. It is not, however, necessary to turn the said device as far back as indicated inthe drawing in order to throw the same entire] y under the seat. y

The device above described is very convenient and serviceable for the purposes it has in view. It is simple in construction and may be readily applied to seats or settees such as now usually found in shoe-stores,l

and after it is applied it,may be very quickly and easily thrown to and from operative positionsf v It should be understood that the device above described is capable-of considerable modification within the scope of m'y invention. For instance, where a vertical adjustment of the footpiece is not desired, the said footpiece may be directly pivoted to the rod and foot-restare adapted to be swung out of the way, when out of use, substantially as' described.

2.' A detachable foot-rest comprising the clamping-bracket a, with clamping-screws d, the`curved supporting-rod c, provided with the head c' swiveled in said clamping-bracket a, and a footpieee Z) pivotaliy connected to the outer end of said supporting-rod c, substaniaily as described.

3. A detachable' foot-rest Comprising a clamping-bracket a with clamping-screws d, the curved supporting-rod c having the head c swiveied in said bracket a, the verticallyadjustable bolt b2 working in the uphill-ned 1o outer end of said supportingrod c, the setsei'ew e for securing said boit b2, and bhe footpiece b pivoted to said bolt b2 at b' and provided Wibh a depressed heel socket or receptacle b3, substantially as described.

In tesLimony whereof I aix my signature t5 in presence of two Witnesses.

ANDREW W. JOHNSON.

Witnesses:

ELIZAETH KREIHR, F. D. MERCHANT. 

